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Why China is cracking down on overseas investment

  • Written by He Weiping, Lecturer in Law, Monash University
imageNew rules will curb Chinese property development in Australia.Shutterstock

Big Chinese companies have been on an overseas buying spree in recent years, spending more than US$1.6 trillion scooping up businesses, property and “trophy assets” like football clubs. But a directive from the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party...

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